History Recap / TorchwoodS1E13EndOfDays

* CallBack: While Owen goes through the secure safe in the Hub, he pulls out the [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E1EverythingChanges knife paired with]] [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E8TheyKeepKillingSuzie the Resurrection Gauntlet]], as well as [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E3GhostMachine the quantum transducer]].

* BreakTheCutie: Gwen's biggest break yet, after Rhys' death.

* DisneyDeath: Rhys is brutally slain by Bilis Manger, but when time reverts back to the way it was before the rift screwed it up, his death is undone.

* GratuitousJapanese: Toshiko and her mother converse in their native language.
* KarmaHoudini: Bilis.
* NoodleIncident: What exactly makes Tosh as liable to listen to her mother as much as Ianto and Owen's visions of Lisa and Diane isn't revealed here.

* PrecisionFStrike: Gwen drops a giant one after Jack makes an [[ArmorPiercingQuestion armor piercing statement]] and she responds with an armor piercing punch.

-->You're a united front now? Toshiko, the poor girl who'll screw [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E7GreeksBearingGifts any passing alien that gives her a pendant?]] Owen, so strong [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E11Combat he gets in a cage with a Weevil, desperate to be mauled]]. Or Ianto, [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E4Cyberwoman hiding his cyber-girlfriend in the basement]]. Your three comrades here pumped bullets into her, remember?

* SealedEvilInACan: Abaddon.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: ''Everyone'' besides Jack thinks this is the best idea after they all either lose loved ones or have visions of them.

* WhamEpisode: ''Owen'' kills Jack and Jack resurrects. The whole team now learns he is immortal, whereas previous, only Gwen knew. Rhys is killed (but gets revived duer to the time travel shenanigans) and Gwen hits the DespairEventHorizon. Then a huge '''''demon''''' appears and starts murdering Cardiff with its own shadow! Jack almost dies for good and takes weeks to resurrect rather than moments, by which time he's gone pale like a stiff, making it seem even more unlikely that he'd come back to life, and more shocking when he actually does. But worst of all- the villain gets away.

* ContinuitySnarl: This episode's ending directly ties into the opening minutes of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]. However, it is '''completely''' incompatible with its opening events. The wind from the TARDIS landing is seen blowing papers around the hub (which Owen notices as they'd just cleaned up), Jack suddenly vanishes with the door alarm going off, and the rest of the crew didn't see him exit the base in the hallways when getting coffee. All this implies that the TARDIS was meant to land ''inside'' the Hub, not above it. This also causes another problem in that the TARDIS in ''Utopia'' stays in Cardiff for about a minute, and even with everyone being late to check the hub for Jack's whereabouts, it seems a little implausible that Gwen didn't see it land, or at least take off.

* ContinuitySnarl: The episode ending directly ties into the opening scene of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]. However the wind from the TARDIS landing is seen blowing papers around the hub, and Jack suddenly vanishes with 'nary a door alarm to be heard, which implies that the TARDIS landed ''inside'' the Hub, not above it.

* WhamEpisode: ''Owen'' kills Jack and Jack resurrects. The whole team now learns he is immortal. Rhys is killed (he gets better) and Gwen hits the DespairEventHorizon. Then a huge '''''demon''''' appears and starts murdering Cardiff with its own shadow! Jack almost dies for good and takes weeks to resurrect rather than moments, by which time he's gone pale like a stiff, making it seem even more unlikely that he'd come back to life, and more shocking when he actually does. But worst of all- the villain gets away.

* EasilyForgiven: The Torchwood Team nearly destroy the world, suffer no consequences, and all get hugs and kisses from Jack. The guy they shot to nearly destroy the world. But they feel remorse for it, and Owen, the shooter, cries his eyes out when he learns Jack is okay. Sympathy wins them redemption in the end.

* EasilyForgiven: The Fuck-Up 4 nearly destroy the world, suffer no consequences, and all get hugs and kisses from Jack. The guy they shot to nearly destroy the world. But they feel remorse for it, and Owen, the shooter, cries his eyes out when he learns Jack is okay. Sympathy wins them redemption in the end.

Well, looks like [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E12CaptainJackHarkness last episode's]] rift opening did actually have some lingering effects. People and things from different time periods are popping up all over the world, causing the usual complications: Roman soldiers in the lock-up, bubonic plague spreading and virulent.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jack delivers one to each of his teammates as they are about to open the rift.
-->You're a united front now? Toshiko, the poor girl who'll screw any passing alien that gives her a pendant? Owen, so strong he gets in a cage with a Weevil, desperate to be mauled. Or Ianto, hiding his cyber-girlfriend in the basement. Your three comrades here pumped bullets into her, remember?

* PrecisionFStrike: Gwen drops a giant one after Jack makes an [[ArmorPiercingQuestion armor piercing statement]] and she responds with an [[ArmorPiercingSlap armor piercing punch]].

* EasilyForgiven: The Fuck-Up 4 nearly destroy the world, suffer no consequences, and all get hugs and kisses from Jack. The guy they shot to nearly destroy the world. But they feel remorse for it, and Owen, the shooter, [[CryCute cries his eyes out]] when he learns Jack is okay. Sympathy wins them redemption in the end.

[[caption-width-right:347:"[[GodzillaThreshold From out of the darkness]], [[YouMayPanicNow he is come.]]"]]

* ContinuitySnarl: The episode ending ties directly into the opening scenes of Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia, however the wind and Jack suddenly Vanishing implys that [[spoiler:the TARDIS landed inside the Hub, while in the latter episode, the TARDIS landed above the Hub.]]

* ConspicuousCG: Abaddon looks like he belongs in a video game instead of in here.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In reality, any doctor would recognize the symptoms of bubonic plague without having to be told by Owen. The episode gave the impression that it's a historical disease that's been eradicated, but that's not the case. It's still a relatively common disease in the developing world even today. There was an epidemic in India in 1994 and in Madagascar in 2017. It also occurs in western countries as a relatively rare side effect of the vaccine for it (typically given to people travelling to countries where it is still a problem), and in people working for organizations like WHO who travel to these same countries to help with outbreaks. The only difference is, in modern society it's preventable with improved sanitation and treatable with antibiotics.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In reality, any doctor would recognize the symptoms of bubonic plague without having to be told by Owen. The episode gave the impression that it's a historical disease that's been eradicated, but that's not the case. It's still a relatively common disease in the developing world even today. There was an epidemic in India in 1994 and in Madagascar in 2017. It also occurs in western countries as a relatively rare side effect of the vaccine for it (typically given to people travelling to countries where it is still a problem). The only difference is, in modern society it's preventable with improved sanitation and treatable with antibiotics.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In reality, any doctor would recognize the symptoms of bubonic plague without having to be told by Owen. The episode gave the impression that it's a historical disease that's been eradicated, but that's not the case. It's still a relatively common disease in the developing world even today. There was an epidemic in India in 1994 and in Madagascar in 2017. It also occurs in western countries as a relatively rare side effect of the vaccine for it (typically given to people travelling to countries where it is still a problem). The only difference is, in modern society it's treatable with antibiotics.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In reality, any doctor would recognize the symptoms of bubonic plague without having to be told by Owen. The episode gave the impression that it's a historical disease that's been eradicated, but that's not the case. It's still a relatively common disease in the developing world even today. There was an epidemic in India as recently as 1994. It also occurs in western countries as a relatively rare side effect of the vaccine for it (typically given to people travelling to countries where it is still a problem). The only difference is, in modern society it's treatable with antibiotics.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jack delives one to each of his teammates as they are about to open the rift.

->'''Owen:''' I thought we tidied up in here! What's the matter?
->'''Gwen''': Um... He was just here. Something's taken him; Jack's gone.
-->-- '''Jack''''s gone, alright- gone to chase down '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia the Doctor]]'''

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In reality, any doctor would recognize the symptoms of bubonic plague without having to be told by Owen. The episode gave the impression that it's a historical disease that's been eradicated, but that's not the case. It's still a relatively common disease in the developing world even today. There was an epidemic in India as recently as 1994. It also occurs in western countries as a side effect of the vaccine for it (typically given to people travelling to countries where it is still a problem). The only difference is, in modern society it's treatable with antibiotics.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In reality, any doctor would recognize the symptoms of bubonic plague without having to be told by Owen. The episode gave the impression that it's a historical disease that's been eradicated, but that's not the case. It's still a relatively common disease in the developing world even today. It also occurs in western countries as a side effect of the vaccine for it (typically given to people travelling to countries where it is still a problem). The only difference is, in modern society it's treatable with antibiotics.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In reality, any doctor would recognize the symptoms of bubonic plague without having to be told by Owen. The episode gave the impression that it's a historical disease that's been eradicated, but that's not the case. It's still a relatively common disease in the developing world even today.

* BiggerBad: Abaddon. He racks up one of the highest body counts in all of the ''DW'' universe within ''seconds'' by simply lifting his shadow over people, like a curtain of death, and dozens of victims have their souls wrenched out of their bodies.